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Microsoft Will Share Data, Tools to Speed Chinese AI Development
- The software giant is teaming with four top local universities
- Chinese projects are part of its global ramp-up in AI
No One Is Sure How Good, or Bad, AI Will Get
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Microsoft Corp. will set up an open platform with four of China’s most prestigious universities to share its data and tools on artificial intelligence, quickening efforts to try and wrest clients away from local giants.
The company demonstrated its AI chip system, Project Brainwave, in Beijing on Monday. It showed off how “XiaoIce,” its Chinese digital assistant for chats, can emulate people’s voices, converse with humans over the phone and even compose poetry, echoing Google’s now-infamous demo to convince developers to adopt it as the chatbot of choice.